Terrorism. Chaos. Fear of the future. In the age of Obama, America is undergoing a fundamental transformation  that much everyone knows.

But what few seem to realize about this transformation is that the sheer stress of living in todays America is driving tens of millions to the point of illness, depression and self-destruction. Consider the following trends:

Suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death for Americans. Even more disturbing, in the worlds greatest military, more U.S. soldiers died last year by suicide than in combat;

Fully one-third of the nations employees suffer chronic debilitating stress, and more than half of all millennials (18 to 33 year olds) experience a level of stress that keeps them awake at night, including large numbers diagnosed with depression or anxiety disorder.

Shocking new research from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that one in five of all high-school-aged children in the United States has been diagnosed with ADHD, and likewise a large new study of New York City residents shows, sadly, that one in five preteens  children aged six to 12  have been medically diagnosed with either ADHD, anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder;

New research concludes that stress renders people susceptible to serious illness, and a growing number of studies now confirm that chronic stress plays a major role in the progression of cancer, the nations second-biggest killer. The biggest killer of all, heart disease, which causes one in four deaths in the U.S., is also known to have a huge stress component;

Incredibly, 11 percent of all Americans aged 12 and older are currently taking SSRI antidepressants  those highly controversial, mood-altering psychiatric drugs with the FDAs suicidality warning label and alarming correlation with school shooters.

Top radio talker Rush Limbaugh recently picked up on this normally unspoken aspect of Obamas modus operandi: I think he wants people to snap, opined Rush. I think Obama is challenging everybodys sanity. Obama [is] literally pushing people to snap, attacking the very sanity of the country.

Barry and the ‘RATS’ plan is working just as planned. The phony, banana republic style “election” we had last November really screwed a lot of people up in the head. A lot of people in this country are really depressed.

Lets face it. Collectively, we’re pu$$ies. Life is risky. Life has always been risky. And right now, life is the least risky its ever been.

I seriously wonder sometimes what the people who conquered the west, moving to unknown places with nothing more than a wagon, their meager possession, and a hope for a better future, would think if they could see us. Probably disgust and amazement at how we’re afraid of our own shadows.

Were this the case, and the gun control measures had passed, then American's by the millions would find the DHS stopping by to relieve them of their fire arms ... Don't forget that according to the liberals, "up" is now "down", "wrong" is now "right", and the traditional God-fearing Constitution-loving patriot is now a "domestic terrorist".

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posted on 04/21/2013 2:26:33 PM PDT
by so_real
( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")

That’s just it. Those pioneers had hope. Hope that if they got to their destination, if disease didn’t take them, if the natives didn’t kill them, life would be better. They didn’t have to worry about their own government putting them in jail if they dug a well, or drained a swamp, or defended their land, or didn’t give half their earnings to the taxman.

Translation....... American women, inherently unstable and unmarried have lost it. Unable to have it all and knowing self esteem is a false goal they are falling apart. Their recourse, the daddy state can not deliver.

Woe is them, woe is them, loser ,loser , loser.

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posted on 04/21/2013 2:29:53 PM PDT
by bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 .....History is a process, not an event)

Public Schools are to blame: Bell tells you when to sit. Bell tells you when to stand. Bell tells you when to shiite. Bell, bell, bell. All this in a highly controlled, highly protected and predictable environment. Text books organize every lesson into predictable little bites. End of section quizzes are predicatively included in end of chapter tests. End of chapter test questions are included in finals.

Every thing is neat, easy, wrapped in a bow. Stress is whether or not you are late for the bus. We are a nation of people who expect everything to be safe, easy and predictable. When that doesn’t happen... MELTDOWN

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posted on 04/21/2013 2:30:23 PM PDT
by DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept?)

Learning how to manage stress and increase resilience during times of economic depression or hardship is important. Honestly I don’t know anyone who voted the right way that are simply too unbalanced to accept life when it smacks them around.

Well personally, I'm better off than I ever have been. I paid off my debts, built up a savings account, learned to be happy with what I have, and discovered several authors whose work is new to me, and who keep me happy.

Shocking new research from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that one in five of all high-school-aged children in the United States has been diagnosed with ADHD, and likewise a large new study of New York City residents shows, sadly, that one in five preteens  children aged six to 12  have been medically diagnosed with either ADHD, anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder.

Let's see. Is there more than one possible explanation for this?

Are there more children with ADHD than in the past? Or could this be a case of over-diagnosis of a fashionable new "disease?"

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